overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to triumph; to be elated with success
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
not necessarily so; is not always true
banker; bank proprietor; bank manager
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
standard size car; ordinary carriage (train); second-class carriage; ordinary car
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
empty conveyance; empty taxi; free taxi; having spaces available (of a parking lot)